Royals Hamper Dump

That didn't take long: The Royals at 3-10 are the worst team in the league and have 0 chance of getting back to .500. But at least they had a winning record this year.

I'll briefly run through the good things, before getting to the soul-crushing truth about the Royals.

They have 4 starting pitchers with an ERA under 4.00.
They have Alex Gordon, the next George Brett. (I'm older than him--that's weird.
They have Zack Greinke and Luke Hochevar--top pitching picks that were born in 1983.


I could go on and on about how their bullpen is terrible, how their closer Dotel was only supposed to miss one game and is still on the DL, how their batting is atrocious---a big deal was made about the rookie Alex Gordon struggling, but let's compare him to Sweeney the expensive DH: Gordon has had 40 plate apperances, Sweeny 33. They both have 5 hits, but Gordon has scored twice and Sweeney only once, Gordon has 2 RBI, Sweeny 1, and Gordon has a double and a home run, Sweeney just singles---but the only thing to realize with the Royals is that they've had talent before, and couldn't keep them.

Carlos Beltran. Johnny Damon. Jermaine Dye.





The Royals are the Royals and even when they get good players they can't afford to keep them.
If Grienke, Gordon or Hochevar turns out to be as good as possible, they won't stay in the Royals uniform.